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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jun 9, 2024 8:27:05 GMT
Just goes to show huh
Shaun is an awesome movie - surprisingly emotional. Note; the actress who plays his mother also portrayed the UK Prime Minister "Harriet Jones" in the 10th Dr era. (the actress also was knighted as a Dame too)
These movies are well thought out.
(fun fact Simon Pegg at 1 point pretty much lived in my home town of Adelaide - he was travelling around Oz and took a liking to the suburb of Glenelg which is Very near me and stayed for months!)
Well, it is my known pathological trait that I am very fast to judge what I might or might not like. I went on record saying "Doctor Who is cheap looking ridiculous bullsh*t" .
When I finally, years later, check out these things, I suddenly realize that the bullsh*t part was on my side and I actually like it.
I had the same thing going with the Austin Powers movies which I refused to watch at first. Turns out, these are also very clever.
Yeah, I noticed that most of these actors are very well known.
Same !
I saw Austin Powers 1 in the cinemas, didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped.. about 5-6 years later watched it again and it was a non stop laugh fest !
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Post by Kestrel on Jun 9, 2024 8:30:27 GMT
Still in love with the name, "Basil Exposition."
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jun 9, 2024 8:36:40 GMT
Still in love with the name, "Basil Exposition." U just made me laugh !
(and I grew up in the 70's as a youngster watching Benny Hill, Bless This House, George & Mildred, The Goodies, Are You Being Served? etc etc)
It took 2 goes for it to Click!
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Post by mark687 on Jun 9, 2024 13:04:37 GMT
Meg 2 The Trench
(Not quite "Same Again" more "Bond meets the latter Jurassic World films".)
Regards
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Post by tuigirl on Jun 10, 2024 22:09:49 GMT
The World's End. Well, this was surreal. It was not as funny as Hot Fuzz, and made you think much more and had a much more heavy message. You can never jump into the same river twice, and trying to re-live your past will often come as a disappointment. It also does not shy away to present the tough sides of mental illness. It is still very well acted, although I have to say it dragged a bit in the middle. I definitely loved the ending. This is probably why the Star Trek Federation has a Prime Directive.
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Post by Alastair on Jun 10, 2024 23:41:50 GMT
I had the same thing going with the Austin Powers movies which I refused to watch at first. I saw Austin Powers 1 in the cinemas, didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped.. about 5-6 years later watched it again and it was a non stop laugh fest Fun fact! We all got a slightly better first Austin Powers movie than North America. The two scenes following the gruesome henchman deaths, where family and friends are phoned with the sad news? The genuinely uncomfortable moments of tonal whiplash that gave it a (slightly) more satirical edge? Both deleted in the USA and Canada. Christian Slater as the guard Austin hypnotises into buying orange sherbet? Also cut. Sadly the US cut is now the “default” version on streaming platforms, leading to a lot of confused adult viewers wondering if they dreamed these scenes as kids.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jun 11, 2024 0:44:38 GMT
I saw Austin Powers 1 in the cinemas, didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped.. about 5-6 years later watched it again and it was a non stop laugh fest Fun fact! We all got a slightly better first Austin Powers movie than North America. The two scenes following the gruesome henchman deaths, where family and friends are phoned with the sad news? The genuinely uncomfortable moments of tonal whiplash that gave it a (slightly) more satirical edge? Both deleted in the USA and Canada. Christian Slater as the guard Austin hypnotises into buying orange sherbet? Also cut. Sadly the US cut is now the “default” version on streaming platforms, leading to a lot of confused adult viewers wondering if they dreamed these scenes as kids. OMG! Yes! I remember the Christian Slater hypnosis scene! The other scene with the phone calls of the henchman.. I don't recall?!?! I will have to see if I can youtube that.!
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Post by mark687 on Jun 11, 2024 10:58:42 GMT
I saw Austin Powers 1 in the cinemas, didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped.. about 5-6 years later watched it again and it was a non stop laugh fest Fun fact! We all got a slightly better first Austin Powers movie than North America. The two scenes following the gruesome henchman deaths, where family and friends are phoned with the sad news? The genuinely uncomfortable moments of tonal whiplash that gave it a (slightly) more satirical edge? Both deleted in the USA and Canada. Christian Slater as the guard Austin hypnotises into buying orange sherbet? Also cut. Sadly the US cut is now the “default” version on streaming platforms, leading to a lot of confused adult viewers wondering if they dreamed these scenes as kids. I knew "Orange Sherbet" had been cut from International versions but that's a shame about the Henchmen's Family lives, one of the few original jokes in it. Regards mark687
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Post by mark687 on Jun 11, 2024 11:04:43 GMT
Fun fact! We all got a slightly better first Austin Powers movie than North America. The two scenes following the gruesome henchman deaths, where family and friends are phoned with the sad news? The genuinely uncomfortable moments of tonal whiplash that gave it a (slightly) more satirical edge? Both deleted in the USA and Canada. Christian Slater as the guard Austin hypnotises into buying orange sherbet? Also cut. Sadly the US cut is now the “default” version on streaming platforms, leading to a lot of confused adult viewers wondering if they dreamed these scenes as kids. OMG! Yes! I remember the Christian Slater hypnosis scene! The other scene with the phone calls of the henchman.. I don't recall?!?! I will have to see if I can youtube that.!Bachelor Party Call www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3w_VdTG30Family Call www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag_AFraxj-4Regards mark687
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Post by relativetime on Jun 13, 2024 23:25:57 GMT
I watched "I Saw the TV Glow" a few days ago and it's been on my mind ever since. It's like a haunting window into a life I could have lived and that ending had me crying harder than I think any film has ever made me before. It's one of those films that I HAVE to own on physical but I'm also not sure I'll be ready to put myself through watching it again. Easily my favorite film of the year so far.
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Post by tuigirl on Jun 15, 2024 23:05:21 GMT
Shaun of the Dead. Well, that was a bit gruesome. I bet they had tons of fun making this movie. I still think that Hot Fuzz is the funniest movie of the trilogy, but I admit I have not seen a lot of zombie or even horror movies, so many of the insider jokes will have passed me by. Great acting, though.
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Post by Kestrel on Jun 16, 2024 16:32:32 GMT
Shaun of the Dead. Well, that was a bit gruesome. I bet they had tons of fun making this movie. I still think that Hot Fuzz is the funniest movie of the trilogy, but I admit I have not seen a lot of zombie or even horror movies, so many of the insider jokes will have passed me by. Great acting, though. I agree. Hot Fuzz has the best pacing, humor, and more likeable character, IMO. I do need to rewatch the whole trilogy sometime, though. I was kind of disappointed by At Worlds End because it has so many elements that I generally love, but is overall just so cynical that it's hard to really enjoy the same way. Pegg's character, especially, is just way too abrasive.
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Post by fitzoliverj on Jun 16, 2024 16:47:50 GMT
"Carry on Regardless". An unusual entry in the series as it doesn't have an overall plot; rather, it's more a series of vignettes or sketches as members of the cast are sent out on various unrelated jobs as members of an employment agency. Kenneth Williams is still playing the supercilious young man, but is beginning to bring in his range of silly voices.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jun 21, 2024 15:55:28 GMT
The Alternate (2000) Eric Roberts, Ice T and Michael Madsen action film
The Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Con Air (Extended Edition)
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Dodgeball
Brigsby Bear
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Post by bethhigdon on Jun 22, 2024 2:25:35 GMT
A Goofy Movie was this week's Disney stream
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Post by Kestrel on Jun 26, 2024 1:03:46 GMT
Watched Forbidden Planet, knowing nothing about it going in save that it was a classic. I was absolutely floored by it -- it is a wildly different film than I'd ever have expected it to be, and that it was kinda-sorta evocative of my second or third-favorite Shakespeare play, The Tempest, was just the icing on top. (For the record, my top two are Macbeth and King Lear.) Anyway, some assorted, disordered thoughts: - Holy crap does this movie look good! Especially the matte paintings -- which are integrated more seamlessly into the sets than I've ever seen before. They must've had an enormous budget to work with -- the visuals and effects are a good decade or two ahead of its time.
- Speaking of its time, it turns out Forbidden Planet actually pre-dates Sputnik. Utterly wild.
- Something else it predates? The Hayes Code. I mean, good lord, did you see how short Altaira's skirt was? I didn't even know they made 'em that short.
- For all the sexiness on display, though, the film's attitudes toward gender are... distinctly regressive. Altaira is basically a nothing-character with no real role in the story beyond being eye candy, and it's super creepy how the Captain gets mad at her for all of his crew going after her, to the point where he even says that she deserved to get sexually assaulted for dressing that way. I mean, good lord.
- And, naturally, she immediately falls in love with that paragon of 1950s masculinity.
- Back to the effects: the Id Monster being hand-drawn 2D animation worked shockingly well -- I assume from the Disney stuff in the credits, that they did the animation work? It shows. Also interesting to me is Altaira's introduction, when she summons all of her "friends" -- animals, all -- in a very "Disney Princess" sort of moment.
- I swear to god I've seen this robot before, and I'm not just talking about Futurama's Bender, though the gag where he thugs a bottle of whiskey (or was it bourbon?) and then burps was pretty dang inspired. No, I mean the actual prop. Maybe from The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits? Or maybe Lost In Space, though I've not seen much of that one. Robbie has a great, albeit very goofy, design. And when he's driving that little car/buggy around, I've gotta say, he cuts a distinctly Dalekish profile.
- Last item to note: this is literally a Star Trek episode. In every way. It's absurd just how familiar to TOS nearly everything about it feels -- we've got a federation of planets that flies disc-shaped spacecraft around the galaxy at warp, simple jumpsuit-ish uniforms that emphasize the soldiers, a goofy monster, lost ancient alien technology, weird telepathy stuff, a stubborn old scientist, a cadre of dead redshirts, and even the stasis fields the crew hops into for the FTL journey are basically identical to transporters. It's not just similar to Star Trek, but very nearly identical. To the extent that I absolute,y would not be surprised if Gene Roddenberry had faced legal action or accusation of plagiarism back in the day. TOS comes across much more as just a TV show based on Forbidden Planet than the six-fi themed Wagon Train it was supposedly pitched as.
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There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on Jun 26, 2024 9:53:54 GMT
Watched Forbidden Planet, knowing nothing about it going in save that it was a classic. I was absolutely floored by it -- it is a wildly different film than I'd ever have expected it to be, and that it was kinda-sorta evocative of my second or third-favorite Shakespeare play, The Tempest, was just the icing on top. (For the record, my top two are Macbeth and King Lear.) Anyway, some assorted, disordered thoughts: - Holy crap does this movie look good! Especially the matte paintings -- which are integrated more seamlessly into the sets than I've ever seen before. They must've had an enormous budget to work with -- the visuals and effects are a good decade or two ahead of its time.
- Speaking of its time, it turns out Forbidden Planet actually pre-dates Sputnik. Utterly wild.
- Something else it predates? The Hayes Code. I mean, good lord, did you see how short Altaira's skirt was? I didn't even know they made 'em that short.
- For all the sexiness on display, though, the film's attitudes toward gender are... distinctly regressive. Altaira is basically a nothing-character with no real role in the story beyond being eye candy, and it's super creepy how the Captain gets mad at her for all of his crew going after her, to the point where he even says that she deserved to get sexually assaulted for dressing that way. I mean, good lord.
- And, naturally, she immediately falls in love with that paragon of 1950s masculinity.
- Back to the effects: the Id Monster being hand-drawn 2D animation worked shockingly well -- I assume from the Disney stuff in the credits, that they did the animation work? It shows. Also interesting to me is Altaira's introduction, when she summons all of her "friends" -- animals, all -- in a very "Disney Princess" sort of moment.
- I swear to god I've seen this robot before, and I'm not just talking about Futurama's Bender, though the gag where he thugs a bottle of whiskey (or was it bourbon?) and then burps was pretty dang inspired. No, I mean the actual prop. Maybe from The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits? Or maybe Lost In Space, though I've not seen much of that one. Robbie has a great, albeit very goofy, design. And when he's driving that little car/buggy around, I've gotta say, he cuts a distinctly Dalekish profile.
- Last item to note: this is literally a Star Trek episode. In every way. It's absurd just how familiar to TOS nearly everything about it feels -- we've got a federation of planets that flies disc-shaped spacecraft around the galaxy at warp, simple jumpsuit-ish uniforms that emphasize the soldiers, a goofy monster, lost ancient alien technology, weird telepathy stuff, a stubborn old scientist, a cadre of dead redshirts, and even the stasis fields the crew hops into for the FTL journey are basically identical to transporters. It's not just similar to Star Trek, but very nearly identical. To the extent that I absolute,y would not be surprised if Gene Roddenberry had faced legal action or accusation of plagiarism back in the day. TOS comes across much more as just a TV show based on Forbidden Planet than the six-fi themed Wagon Train it was supposedly pitched as.
I love Forbidden Planet. The last time I watched it was with my son who was a bit sneery about older special effects. He said he was blown away by how good it all looked and sounded. The robot was licensed out and did all sorts of “appearances” in other media: I remember seeing it in Gremlins. And yes, there are a lot of Trek reference books that mention how Roddenberry was ‘inspired’ by the look of FP when creating ST.
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Post by tuigirl on Jun 27, 2024 6:48:28 GMT
Watched Forbidden Planet, knowing nothing about it going in save that it was a classic. I was absolutely floored by it -- it is a wildly different film than I'd ever have expected it to be, and that it was kinda-sorta evocative of my second or third-favorite Shakespeare play, The Tempest, was just the icing on top. (For the record, my top two are Macbeth and King Lear.) Anyway, some assorted, disordered thoughts: - Holy crap does this movie look good! Especially the matte paintings -- which are integrated more seamlessly into the sets than I've ever seen before. They must've had an enormous budget to work with -- the visuals and effects are a good decade or two ahead of its time.
- Speaking of its time, it turns out Forbidden Planet actually pre-dates Sputnik. Utterly wild.
- Something else it predates? The Hayes Code. I mean, good lord, did you see how short Altaira's skirt was? I didn't even know they made 'em that short.
- For all the sexiness on display, though, the film's attitudes toward gender are... distinctly regressive. Altaira is basically a nothing-character with no real role in the story beyond being eye candy, and it's super creepy how the Captain gets mad at her for all of his crew going after her, to the point where he even says that she deserved to get sexually assaulted for dressing that way. I mean, good lord.
- And, naturally, she immediately falls in love with that paragon of 1950s masculinity.
- Back to the effects: the Id Monster being hand-drawn 2D animation worked shockingly well -- I assume from the Disney stuff in the credits, that they did the animation work? It shows. Also interesting to me is Altaira's introduction, when she summons all of her "friends" -- animals, all -- in a very "Disney Princess" sort of moment.
- I swear to god I've seen this robot before, and I'm not just talking about Futurama's Bender, though the gag where he thugs a bottle of whiskey (or was it bourbon?) and then burps was pretty dang inspired. No, I mean the actual prop. Maybe from The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits? Or maybe Lost In Space, though I've not seen much of that one. Robbie has a great, albeit very goofy, design. And when he's driving that little car/buggy around, I've gotta say, he cuts a distinctly Dalekish profile.
- Last item to note: this is literally a Star Trek episode. In every way. It's absurd just how familiar to TOS nearly everything about it feels -- we've got a federation of planets that flies disc-shaped spacecraft around the galaxy at warp, simple jumpsuit-ish uniforms that emphasize the soldiers, a goofy monster, lost ancient alien technology, weird telepathy stuff, a stubborn old scientist, a cadre of dead redshirts, and even the stasis fields the crew hops into for the FTL journey are basically identical to transporters. It's not just similar to Star Trek, but very nearly identical. To the extent that I absolute,y would not be surprised if Gene Roddenberry had faced legal action or accusation of plagiarism back in the day. TOS comes across much more as just a TV show based on Forbidden Planet than the six-fi themed Wagon Train it was supposedly pitched as.
I had a very similar reaction when I watched it 20 years ago for the first time. But funnily enough, the reason I watched it was that I head heard that it was so similar to Star Trek.
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Post by elkawho on Jun 30, 2024 15:05:42 GMT
I watched "I Saw the TV Glow" a few days ago and it's been on my mind ever since. It's like a haunting window into a life I could have lived and that ending had me crying harder than I think any film has ever made me before. It's one of those films that I HAVE to own on physical but I'm also not sure I'll be ready to put myself through watching it again. Easily my favorite film of the year so far. I was just discussing this film with my (trans)daughter. She's heard about it, wants to see it but if filled with anxiety about it. I told her that I'd like to watch it with her, but we will see.
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Post by elkawho on Jun 30, 2024 15:06:00 GMT
Inside Out 2. Terrific.
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